Sony has learned the hard way in the past that its machines can be hacked, security bypassed, and illegal games, emulators, and media run on them with ease. Until now the PS3 has been a relatively hack-free system, but the announcement of PS Jailbreak threatened to turn Sony’s latest console into another hotbed of game backups and piracy.

It looks as though Sony was on the ball this time, though. The Japanese company took action and in Australia, one of the first markets to have retailers offering pre-orders for the mod, and has secured an injunction against sales of the kit.

There were three retailers offering the PS Jailbreak before the injunction was issued. One of those is named Quantronics who still have the product page live, but with a clear “NO STOCK” message next to its status. OZModChips lists the product as sold out, and Modsupplier has removed the product page completely.

Such sites may start selling PSJailbreak again in the near future. The injuntion is only temporary, and Sony has a court hearing on Tuesday where it hopes to escalate the injunction to a permanent ban. If it fails to do so then the mod will be back on the market.

Even if Sony does get a ban in Australia, there’s still a long battle ahead to stop the mod ever being sold. The official PS Jailbreak website lists distributors for Canada, France, Germany, Italy, Netherlands, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, U.K., and the U.S.

Sony may see success in Australia, but in other regions of the world the laws could be relaxed enough so that PS Jailbreak is allowed to exist. As the R4 card has been banned in the UK recently I expect this mod will never see the light of day there.

If it gets banned everywhere then I suspect a software-only version may appear instead where you have to supply your own USB stick. That way distributors won’t be required and the product can be sold directly around the world to anyone.